We decided to hire out the interior painting of the house. After asking around and doing some research we settled on PAR Painting. Owned by Audra & Clarence, they lead a professional crew in painting and replacing all of our baseboards. Now the awful work of packing up everything so they can get in and paint.Cleared out almost everything, boxed up smalls &...
We made it home safely after our first European adventure. The trip was totally amazing & wonderful, can't wait to go back again and share more ideas.Here's some last thoughts and pics that we took in England. Just a hodge-podge of last thoughts.Many of the buildings in Brighton and London had these really unique 'bulls-eye' pieces of glass. Here's a closer lookOf course...
After a wonderful day of sharing ideas & best practices, Annie & David organized a late trip out to Charleston House, located in East Sussex. According to their website. 'Charleston was the home and country meeting place for the writers, painters and intellectuals known as the Bloomsbury group. The interior was painted by the artists Duncan Grant and Vanessa Bell, and together with their collection...
We were packed up quick and downstairs to have breakfast before taking the coach to Heathrow.This is the fantastic lift at the Hotel UnaNice and narrow, just enough room for 2 & bags. I don't think I have shared enough how wonderful The Hotel Una was, the rooms are generous, the loo is modern and roomy, the daily breakfast had plenty of tasty...
The conference is over and most of the international Stockist have gone home. We have one last day in Brighton so we decide to walk all over town.The day started out pretty blustery, only our second moment of typical English weather. We walked down from the hotel, just a block, to the Brighton Beach to see the very active surf!As you can hopefully...
The second day of the conference has kicked off & we are starting with study of color. I love listening to Annie talk about color. This time we had the added benefit of getting the European Stockist color opinion. I'm sure you have all heard me talk about the 'virgin' paint colors (Pure White, Old White, Paris Grey, Duck Egg), these are the...
More pictures from our fun shopping.Found a great kitschy shop filled with great signs, magnets, and fabulous knobs. Loved the Button Knobs, here's a closer shot. They were about 2 inches round. I got a lead on the distributor from one of the European Stockists, wish me luck!Cute little alleys for pedestrian cut throughs. There were many shops lining these little cut throughs.Thanks to...
First day of the Annie Sloan Stockist Conference.The day kicked off with breakfast at the Hotel Una, forced myself up at 8 so I could make check-in at 9:30. It rained over night, and cleared up by the morning so we have a beautiful day at the beach.After a fun socializing activity, Annie shared that Annie's latest book - Color Recipes was published...
We were up earlier today & caught a taxi to Victoria Station. Earlier is probably stretching it as I think we actually got out of the room by 10AM. It just feels like 2AM! Victoria Station is so very clean with tons of helpful people guiding you towards wherever you need to go.The train was only slightly confusing as there was no where...
Today started slowly, couldn't seem to wake up! After breakfast & coffee at BB the French cafe, we were off for the tube to tour the Tower.It was another amazingly beautiful & sunny day, and the audio tour was outstanding!After spending several hours at the Tower, we took the tube to Picadilly Circle & set out for gifts for the family. Loved the...
We have lived in our house for more than 12 years, and what with owning a small store, I really haven't put any energy, money, or time towards home improvement other than what was necessary. Finally this year that changed. We decided to start with getting the downstairs painted. Our home has an open floor plan so we picked a single color to...
